I think this is the most moe picture of Paddy Bear I've ever taken

Many child characters in anime/manga are depicted as wise beyond their years, to where you can't see them as children anymore. Having an interesting, multifaceted written character in media who accurately acts their age is deceptively difficult, but I think Fuyumura hits the mark.

It's easy to condense SANDA to its trace element of 'funny buff Santa', but I'd be remiss to not give props to the complexity of Fuyumura. A large part of this is due to Umeka Shōji's brilliant performance, shifting effortlessly between her frightening, enigmatic highs to her naïve, childish lows.

(Important, however, to remember that the quality of the dubbing is not the issue. Gen AI needs to be opposed on its face regardless!)

This is one of the rare times in history you could go, "I could do a better job," and almost everyone would be right. Fucking hell.

For the record, it doesn't matter how big or small a show's fandom actually is to 'justify' using it as a guinea pig for AI post-production. This is insulting on its face on principle alone.

But to the execs who thought Banana Fish was safe because no-one cared about it, I have a bridge to sell you

You're joking! You're joking!

My Ears!